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Two of the dumbest things car makers have ever done was to stop putting metal bumpers and rain gutters on cars. Or maybe it was devilishly smart.

Now when you as much as tap another car with your plastic bumper what would have been absolutely nothing is a $1500 repair. And without rain gutters, what would have been a $50 set of roof racks that would be sturdy and last forever turns into several hundred dollar purchase from Thule or whomever.